FILM DIRECTOR

Lucio Fulci

1927 - 1996

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Lucio Fulci (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈfultʃi]; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedies and spaghetti Westerns, he garnered an international cult following for his giallo and horror films. His most notable films include the Gates of Hell trilogy—City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981), and The House by the Cemetery (1981)—as well as Massacre Time (1966), One on Top of the Other (1969), Beatrice Cenci (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), White Fang (1973), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Sette note in nero (1977), Zombi 2 (1979), Contraband (1980), The New York Ripper (1982), Murder Rock (1984), and A Cat in the Brain (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucio Fulci is the 252nd most popular film director (down from 246th in 2019), the 1,518th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,473rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Film Director.

Lucio Fulci is most famous for his horror films, which he directed in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lucio Fulci ranks 252 out of 2,041. Before him are James Foley, Patrice Chéreau, Chris Marker, Paolo Sorrentino, Nagisa Oshima, and Michael Moore. After him are Henry Hathaway, Anatole Litvak, Shohei Imamura, Jacques Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, and John Sturges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Lucio Fulci ranks 91. Before him are Jean-Claude Pascal, Kurt Masur, Steve Ditko, Rosemary Harris, R. D. Laing, and Günter Guillaume. After him are Jupp Derwall, Narciso Yepes, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Claude Gensac, Hans Schäfer, and Robert N. Bellah. Among people deceased in 1996, Lucio Fulci ranks 68. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Mieczysław Weinberg, Leonor Fini, Walter M. Miller Jr., María Casares, and Brigitte Helm. After him are Toru Takemitsu, Spiro Agnew, Frida Boccara, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Mary Leakey, and Hans Blumenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucio Fulci ranks 1,518 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Crispi (1818), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Ignazio Silone (1900), Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), and Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439). After him are Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Louis I of Naples (1320), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965), Giles of Rome (1243), and Prince Louis, Count of Trani (1838).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Lucio Fulci ranks 24. Before him are Francesco Rosi (1922), Liliana Cavani (1933), Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Joe D'Amato (1936), and Paolo Sorrentino (1970). After him are Nanni Moretti (1953), Mario Bava (1914), Damiano Damiani (1922), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Mario Monicelli (1915).

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